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The Digest Thu, 06 Dec 2007 Volume 02 : Number 1172
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Date: 4 Dec 2007 09:15:26 +0100
From: Martin O'Neill (IOL) <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Text Expanding for A. Morris
"Alan & Carol Morris" wrote on 2 Dec 2007
>Years ago, I used an app that would automatically expand short forms to >full words.
>e.g.: app<space> becomes application after typing the space bar. >Anyone remember it's name and where it might be. If I knew it's name, >I might have it on file!
Alan, you didn't say what device you wanted to use this on. For the Psions there are a number of macros at http://www.pscience5.net/that you may find useful.
I'm writing a FileNote macro for the Nokia 9300/9500 which does something similar but I have to call it up with Chr+hotkey as FileNote only accepts Chr global hotkeys. I have it working, but the expansions are currrently held in the OPL file and I want to set them up in a little OPL database, so that they can be more easily maintained. Preferably, I would like to use a straight text file for this as then I could use the same file on the 9500 and the PC. If you do find an OPL version of what you were using previously, I would be interested in seeing how the spacebar activated the auto complete.
On my PC I use AutoHotKey for autocompletions. My list can be very quickly and easily maintained as a text file in NoteTab or any text editor. It works exactly as you described. Typing an abbreviation and pressing the spacebar, tab or full stop expands the abbreviation. I find it incredibly useful for expanding names and even entire paragraphs! AutoHotKey will expand in any application that uses text even web forms.
Best wishes,
Martin O'Neill
Date: 4 Dec 2007 14:06:54 +0100
From: Lord Kimberley <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Text Expanding
> Date: 2 Dec 2007 18:25:40 +0700
> From: "Alan & Carol Morris" <address truncated> > Subject: Text Expanding
Well on Psion 5 it was called ExAb.
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Yours John.
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Date: 4 Dec 2007 16:22:55 +0100
From: Chris Cooper
Subject: Re: Text Expanding
Alan, you want ExAb at http://website.leidenuniv.nl/~linthorsthjm/exabetal/index.html?doc2.html&1
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Alan Morris wrote:
Date: 2 Dec 2007 18:25:40 +0700
From: "Alan & Carol Morris" <address truncated>
Subject: Text Expanding
Years ago, I used an app that would automatically expand short forms to
full words.
e.g.: app<space> becomes application after typing the space bar.
Anyone remember it's name and where it might be. If I knew it's name,
I might have it on file!
Date: 4 Dec 2007 20:51:28 +0100
From: Alan Jones <address truncated>
Subject: extending abbreviations
Was it ExAb by any chance?
AJ
Date: 4 Dec 2007 22:10:35 +0100
From: John Spillett <address truncated>
Subject: XJMail
I have noticed that a number of XJMail users have commented on the small size of the typeface in the application.
I have looked in the small print in the help file and have found that Ctrl and k gives access to a menu that lets you change text size (among other things ), This makes it much more readable to those getting older like me.
Regards
John
Date: 5 Dec 2007 02:34:03 +0100
From: <address truncated>
Subject: Transition Revo Plus to Nokia E90
Ok folks,
I would like to update you all on my transition from Revo to Nokia E90. It has been a weekend of fiddling and 2 busy office days of real world use. I declare it a success !
One great find is that I am able to cycle through open apps like I used to with "file-switch."
I am using a substitute calendar called Handy Calendar. It is not exactly like agenda but it is getting the job done, and the calendar alarms don't crash the unit like my psion used to.
I am able to open my huge excel files reasonably quickly with Office Suite. Seems to have better editing features than the preloaded Quick office app. On the Revo I would have to chop the files into a dozen smaller manageable ones and of course convert them to sheet. Shortcuts such as Ctrl c,v and x work nicely.
It connects directly to my PC (at heart I am a mac person but that's another story) and mounts via USB. The files go back and forth seamlessly.
The browser is awesome and the screen is great (not that I used my Revo for the browser).
The battery lasts all day, no problem.
In short, I no longer miss my Revo (and the endless battery problems).
Regards,
David
New York, USA